It’s Friday, the sun is shining, it’s over 70 degrees outside. Here’s to those Happy Hours back in college at your favorite place – Uptown, Steverino’s, 302, Old College Inn… someplace with a porch. …and a little music to enjoy…

In honor of LL Bean’s release of the Signature line – and the cream/grey sweater arriving today, here’s to making the ‘old’ new again. As for the sweater collection – the tri-fecta is complete.

…launches today… http://www.llbeansignature.com/

There has been quite a bit of ‘press’ in Blogland about the release of these books…I’ll pile on: TOPH v2 will be released on August 10th. Here is a preview (thanks Skip). Take Ivy will be re-released on August 31st.

1. Ben Silver Palmetto Polo: In ‘Sea Green’. Perfect. 2. J. Press Short Sleeved Madras Shirt: Cooler than cool. 3. Marmot PreCip Jacket: Summer shower-proof. 4. O’Connell’s Macro-Check Sport Shirt: Get a bright color check. 5. Southern Marsh Embroidered Pocket…